Looking back......

[mws]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

$20 for a single head of frogspawn was probably the worse one for me. However any of the acropora under 1" and over $20 that I've purchased also strike me as a rip off.

O, yes I forgot about a head of frogspawn but I paid $30 at the store(no names), got it home two days later had only skeleton left.

[zum14]

Hmmm. I'll just attach my first tank thread to this later. Epic failure. Main moral from that one, I don't need 3 400w lights for a tank with 4 sps in it and thinking my power bill wouldn't be that bad with the lights and 1200w of heaters trying to keep 300 gal of tank water warm and 200 gal of misc other water warm in my basement. I could go on but I feel stupid enough for now so that is all.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

I think my screwup was starting a tank in the first place, my mortgage would be paid off by now.

+1 I don't even want to think about how much $ I have actually spent in this hobby.

A small frag of brown zoas (I think it was about $10) fairly cheep but ugly as hell, spreads like weeds, can be rather toxic to touch if you're not careful and no matter what you do they will not die!

[Raven34]

tunze 6205 powerhead worth 500$. in the end just a powerhead wide flow controlable blah.. blah... blah....

[Borderjumper]

Christy and I must shop at the same store in Victoria.

I bought a rock with "super rare" blue mushrooms with irridescent blue dots.
$150.. came home from work the next day and they were literally oozing off of the rock. I saved one, which since it IS pretty has only split once in a year. I have named it the OneFiddy.

I think the worst tho was shortly after I started my first tank I was sold a basket-feather starfish, and assured it would do just fine and was an easy keeper. I brought it home and it was sooo pretty.. Then it's legs started slowly falling off over the course of a few weeks.. Pretty disheartening.

[Reefer Rob]

$5 green Ricordia in my sps tank. It went everywhere, and it was vicious!